The Girl in The Thick Red Water; Part I - Quotes From The Dark

'The Girl in the Thick Red Water; Part I'

(story format, long version) The Girl in the Thick Red Water - Part II, here. *warning: strong contents*

She can hear them laughing

outside her door

standing under the florescent lights

the hallway around them is empty

beige and white

sanitized plastic everywhere

their pristine white uniforms

and glowing name tags

she knows now

she knows where she is now

The last thing she remembers

as she paces back and forth

in her white-walled cage

are the voices

the screams that were filling her head

and the red

thick red water

she was covered in red, drowning in it

and it was so very very cold

She stops her pacing

and looks down at herself

some kind of gown covering her from head to toe

there aren't any cuts or wounds

and she quickly checks her wrists

no bandages at all

She closes her eyes in relief

then goes back to pacing

back and forth

back and forth

staring at

the barred window in front of her

the stark reminder

of the cage she's in

There's a knock at the door

and quickly

she hides herself

low to the ground in the corner

shocking herself at how quickly the fear set in

the trembling of her gowned body

making slight rasping sounds

on the floor

She looks up

before her stands a tall man, dressed in white

and she has to squint

but finally sees a name - Tim

she can also see that he's talking to her

but she can't hear anything except

his muffled voice

through the hands

that are covering her ears

All of a sudden - she hears someone screaming

a blood curdling

heartstopping

scream

like an animal about to die

The man steps back

and stops talking

making gestures

like she needs to be calm

... it's then that she realizes it's her screams

loud and long

like the howling of some haunted thing

and she can't stop

The tears are brimming in her eyes

and, still holding her hands

to her ears

she just lets them fall

The screaming stops as suddenly as it started

she just collapses

on the floor

sobbing uncontrollably into her hands

she can't make it stop

not the screams

not the sobs

not the shaking

she has no control over anything

except the memories of

the thick red water

She's going numb - and then feels a prick on her skin

the man from before is putting the cap

on a needle

he watches her for a moment

and then turns and slowly closes the door

The sobs are slowing now

and this strange feeling of sleep

has suddenly overwhelmed her

darkness is creeping into her vision

as she blinks once

then twice

and then the blackness consumes her completely

"What happened to her?", the question

coming from one of the nurses

as the man closes the door quietly

and walks back into the hallway

He's very quiet for a long time

and when he looks up

she can see tears in his eyes

"She was found in her shower

the cold water running down on her

musta been for hours -

her skin was almost blue" he stops then

and takes a sip of what must have been coffee

from a broken mug

on the desk next to an old computer

"She kept saying something like

'It's gonna be okay - it's gonna be okay'

over and over

rocking back and forth.

"She was still dressed, but her clothes where

soaked to her skin

and the water running down was red

so very red" he stops again

and looks away quickly

his hands going to his face

obviously having wiped tears

from his eyes

"At first, we couldn't tell where the blood was coming from

but - " he hesitates, as he turns back to face her

tears welling up again

" - when we got her up

we found him wrapped up in a blanket in her lap.

"He was a just a baby - a baby" he whispers, the tears overwhelming him again

and he turns and quickly

walks away

She could hear him keep saying

"just a baby" as he walks

shaking his head as if to deny something

and then disappearing around the corner

Scared of what she'd find

but still needing

to know

the nurse goes to the computer

and types in the

patients name

quickly

"Dear god " she quietly says

as the color drains from her face

and she feels her own tears

trailing

down

her

cheeks

(( .... to be continued ))

-TerriLynn Le Blanc ©2019 Quotes from the Dark

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The Author

For "Into The Dark World" space, we are pleased to present you a new collaboration with TerriLynn Le Blanc, a wonderful poet that will bring us in a twisted land, full of emotions and darkness...

TerriLynn Le Blanc (aka Yvonne White) was born in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada in 1982. Her father's work made it necessary that her family move quite often throughout her childhood until they finally arrived in Lethbridge, Alberta in 1990. During her formative and teenage years, TerriLynn was prone to being

very introverted and enjoying her own company as opposed to others. This time allowed her to explore

her imagination, draw, and begin writing as well as delving into music.

She drifted in and out of creating stories and writing poetry as well as teaching herself to play piano, but eventually, she began to notice that her motivation for a lot of once enjoyable things was draining away. During her early twenties, things became apparent that not all was right in her mind and by the time she was 30 she had

been diagnosed with several different mental illness' which finally brought to light just why she felt like she was breaking apart and losing bits of herself slowly over time.

While endeavoring to find treatments for her disorders, TerriLynn picked up poetry writing again and found a release for a lot of the darkness she'd been hiding inside from when she was very young. She has since had two of her piece published and currently runs her own Facebook page with over 6,000 followers (to date) which she started in Aug 2017. From there, she continues to write every day, posting at least two new pieces a night all with the goal of reaching out to others who may be feeling what she's feeling and fighting to see the light of day in the dark. Her goal is to be a voice for those who can't express what they feel and to drive away the stigma behind mental illness.

"I want people to finally realize that it really is okay not to 'be okay' and that breaking can be

beautiful ... breathtakingly so." - TerriLynn Le Blanc

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